Floating tea or coffee extractor



(No Model.) J SMITH FLOATING TEA OR COFFEE EXTRAGTOR.

No. 476,568. Patented June 7, 1892.

Inuemtor- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSHUA SMITH, OF OASOO, MICHIGAN.

FLOATING TEA OR COFFEE EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,568, dated June 7,1892.

Application filed January 18, 1892. Serial No. 418,419. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSHUA SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oasco, county of Allegan,State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Floating Tea or Coffee Extractor, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to devices for keeping tea or coffee separatedfrom the water in which it is steeped; and its object is to construct areceptacle for the purpose which is adapted to float in water in anyordinary tea-pot or coliee-pot, all as more particularly describedbelow.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sideelevation showing the operation; Fig. 2, a plan view of Fig. 3; Fig. 3,an enlarged viewof the float shown in Fig. 1, parts being in section online 3 3 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a broken view of Fig. 3, showing achange.

The floating receptacle consists of a perforated dish-like base A, whichbase may be made in any suitable shape and of any suitable metal, eithertin or otherwise, and is designed for holding the tea or coifee. Thebase, as here shown, is hemispherical in form and is externally ribbedat the upper edge, as in Figs. 3 and 4, by the use of wire or otherwise.This receptacle is closed by a cover 3, which cover is hollow, thusbeing provided with a dead-air chamber D, Fig. This cover fits into oronto the base-receptacle in a manner to close the same, and, as hereshown, is held detachably attached to said receptacle by elastic clampsc at the sides, which clamps are kinked outward near their free end, sothat they will spring over and catch onto the exterior rib at upper edgeof the receptacle A; but any other suitable mode of attaching the covermay be adopted.

In Figs. 1 and 3 the perforations in the basereceptacle are designed tobe all of the same size, while in Fig. 4 these perforations aregraduated in size from the top to the base, being larger at the top,thus admitting water more readily into the upper portion and retardingthe sifting through the bottom of the fine particles of coffee or tea.

The manner of using the floating receptacle is illustrated in Fig. 1,wherein the deadair-chamber cover causes it to float with the perforatedreceptacle immersed in the water, by which means the strength of thecoifee or tea is extracted, while the dregs remain in the perforatedreceptacle.

This floating tea or coffee extractor may be made of different sizes,and, owing to its convenience and cheapness, can be readily availablefor use in the ordinary cofiee or tea pots already in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A floating coffee or tea extractor consisting of a dish-like baseprovided with a series of perforations graduated in size from the top tothe bottom, said perforations being largest at the top, a cover having adead-air chamber, and means for attaching said cover to the base,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed myname in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSHUA SMITH.

Witnesses:

HENRY STERN, FRANK HENDERSON.

